Fourteen migrants killed in Macedonia, hit by train in gorge
NEAR VELES, Macedonia (Reuters) – Fourteen migrants were killed when they were struck by a train in a narrow gorge in Macedonia late on Thursday, part of a growing tide of people trying to get to western Europe via the Balkans instead of crossing the t…
Taliban launch spring offensive with rocket attack on U.S. base
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents shot rockets onto a U.S. base outside Kabul and targeted Afghan government buildings in a provincial capital on Friday, as they officially launched their spring offensive in a year that has already seen fierce fight…
U.N. invites Syrian parties to peace talks in Geneva in May
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura has invited Syria’s government and opposition groups for separate talks in Geneva next month in the latest bid to end the four-year-old civil war, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday.
Russia should face more sanctions if it stokes Ukraine further: UK Labour’s Miliband
LONDON (Reuters) – The West should step up sanctions on Russia if the Kremlin shows further aggression in Ukraine, British opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband said on Friday.
al Qaeda suspects may have been targeting Vatican: Italy prosecutor
ROME (Reuters) – Terrorism suspects under investigation in Italy may have been planning an attack against the Vatican, one of the prosecutors leading the probe said on Friday.
As Yemen bombing subsides, Saudi may struggle with peacemaker role
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has bombed Yemen for four weeks but may be little closer to imposing influence in its war-torn neighbor.
Korean wartime sex slave calls on Japan PM to apologize on U.S. trip
TOKYO (Reuters) – An 88-year-old South Korean woman forced to become a sex slave in Japanese military brothels during World War Two on Friday called on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to apologize and restore her “honor” when he visits Washington ne…
PM Abe to tell U.S. leaders Japan is ready for bigger security role
TOKYO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will send a clear message to the United States when he visits Washington next week: Japan is ready to take more responsibility for security on the world stage.
German lawmakers call massacre of Armenians ‘genocide’, defying Turkey
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German parliament overwhelmingly approved on Friday a resolution branding the mass killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces a century ago as “genocide”, risking a diplomatic rupture with Ankara.
Belgian archbishop ordered to pay church abuse victim
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium’s senior Roman Catholic cleric, Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard, has been ordered to pay 10,000 euros ($10,900) in damages for failing to act on allegations of sexual abuse in the 1990s.
